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Academy Award-winning Actress Octavia Spencer Set for Anderson's Bookshop Event Multi-talented Octavia Spencer is on a roll. She's an actress- on television and in film- who has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a SAG award. But she's also a children's author who brings adventure, excitement, and girl power to her exciting Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective series of books for middle grade readers. Her 2013 book debut was with book #1- Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time Capsule Bandit. The cast of characters returns with Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Sweetest Heist in History. And the author, Octavia Spencer returns too! She will visit...

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Academy Award-winning Actress Octavia Spencer Set for Anderson's Bookshop Event
Multi-talented Octavia Spencer is on a roll. She's an actress- on television and in film- who has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a SAG award. But she's also a...

There is plenty to dig about this year's Lake Forest Literary Festival, with readings by award-winning poet Maxine Chernoff, "true stories told live" by storytellers from the NPR series, the Moth, and a staged reading of a play prior to its...

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Amy Poehler turned the tables on her roasters, poking fun at Harvard and its famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe during its annual Woman of the Year award and roast Thursday.
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Common says earning an Oscar nomination for his music attached to a film about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the activist's birthday makes the moment one of the best in his career.
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The Elk Grove Theatre continues its second Tuesday of the month "Critic's Classics Series" with the "Sunset Boulevard." The movie will be presented in digital projection and sound at the Elk Grove Theatre, 1050 Arlington Heights Road...

"Breaking Bad" broke big Monday night at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home the honor for best drama for its final season, along with statues for stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn. Cranston expressed surprise: "Even...

A very special program with New York Times bestselling author, actor, producer, and director Henry Winkler is set for Friday, February 14 at Naperville’s Mill St. School, 1300 N. Mill St. This event is presented by Anderson’s Bookshop, and will feature...

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Though he is famously averse to attending awards shows, Woody Allen will be honored at the 2014 Golden Globes with the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The ceremony will take place Jan. 12, 2014.
“There is no one more worthy of this award than Woody Allen,”...